Varieties of capitalism: Trajectories of liberalization and the new politics of social solidarity

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 137-159

  Thelen, Kathleen ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced industrial countries; employer coordination; equalityinequality; political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861419306     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-polisci-070110-122959     Document Type: Review

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